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Introduction to Engineering and More

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Gunn; Craig Somerton

safety were reviewed with the students. Figure 1 Two Convective Heat Transfer Problems Airplane-Wing Anti-icingFor light aircraft it is very important for the wings not to ice up when it is traveling at a very highand cold altitude. We would like to know how much heating must be provided to keep the wingsfrom icing up. Some pertinent information: Temperature of air at plane altitude: -40°C Wing surface area: 14 m2 Plane speed: 100 m/s Effective wing diameter: 0.75 m The Polar Bear RunWe wish to know the skin temperature we would

Conference Session

Industry-Based Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

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Philip Rufe; Tracy Tillman; Bob Lahidji

plan, finaldrawings, and tooling are transferred to MFG 490 the following semester. MFG 490students produce and sell the products, both to students and to others outside theUniversity. In the case of the sponsored project mentioned above, when the final designis agreed upon, the students will build several prototypes for testing. In this case thesponsor is unsure about pursuing a patent; however, he has requested a patent search bedone to determine if there are any infringement issues.Below is a photo of MFG 490 students manufacturing EMU s trademark eagle. Thisproduct concept was developed in MFG 316 and further developed for production inMFG 421. Unfortunately, due to intellectual property concerns a photograph of thesponsored project

Conference Session

Best Zone Papers

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2004 Annual Conference

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David Clough

Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering EducationBackground and perspectiveI have followed and participated in accreditation activities since the late 1960's, and, although Ido not consider myself to be a charter member of the latest embodiment of engineeringaccreditation, ABET 2000, I have generally been an advocate for ABET at the University ofColorado over the past 15 years. For the Department of Chemical Engineering at Colorado, I amconsidered to be the architect of our ABET 2000 process, and many of our process componentshave been adopted by the other engineering programs here. At the same time, I have foughtagainst stubborn and increasing resistance on the part of my faculty colleagues to maintain afunctional ABET process

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Cameron Wright; Michael Morrow; Thad Welch

output to the host computer s monitor • Or with a great deal of effort, stand-alone host computer applications with textual or graph- ical display windowsWhile these outputs are informative, the ability to turn on and off an electric motor, a light, orsome other appliance would add considerably more interest for many students. For example, if astudent was developing a voice/speaker recognition algorithm which had as its primary function theability to recognize the designated user s voice and turn on or off a fan when the phrase fan. . . onor fan. . . off was detected, wouldn t it be a much more ful lling project and demonstration if afan actually turned on or off instead of one of the previously mentioned computer-based simulatedresponses? We

Conference Session

Visualization and Computer Graphics

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2004 Annual Conference

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Nancy Study

Assessing Visualization Abilities in Minority Engineering Students N. E. Study Department of Engineering, ENTC, INTC Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA 23806Abstract The numbers of minority students in the academic areas of science and engineering(S&E) have increased significantly in recent years. Despite initial success in recruitment efforts,the numbers of these minority students not completing their studies still remain higher than thatof their non-minority peers. Visualization is a significant factor in the creation of mental modelsand in interacting with the often abstract concepts that are important for success in

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Said Shakerin

.[4] Shakerin, S., 2001, “Engineering Art,” Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 123, No. 7, pp. 63-66.[5] Hero, 1971, “The Pneumatics of Hero of Alexandria,” edited by B. Woodcroft (Taylor, Walton, and Maberly,London, 1851); Facsimile edition with introduction by M. B. Hall, Macdonald, London and American Elsevier Inc.,New York.[6] Hill, D. R., 1984, “A History of Engineering in Classical and Medieval Times,” Open Court PublishingCompany, La Salle, Illinois, pp. 199-222.[7] Helminger, B., and Schally, S., “Hellbrunn: A Guide through the Trick Fountains, the Park and Palace,”Colorama Verlag, Salzburg.[8] Briesen, R. V., 1874, “Improvement in Parlor Fountains,” U.S. Patent # 151,003.[9] Woodward, N. P. and Burn, L., 1913, “Fountain for Decorative

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IE Accreditation and Program Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

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Eleanor Nault; Michael Leonard

Session 1657 An Integrated Approach to Evaluation of Program Educational Objectives and Assessment of Program Outcomes Using ABET Criteria for Accreditation of Engineering Programs Michael S. Leonard and Eleanor W. Nault Clemson UniversityI. AbstractFor many engineering education programs, the process for evaluating program educationalobjectives is interpretive; that is, achievement of program educational objectives is inferred fromachievement of program outcomes. What is lacking in current practice is a systematic way toexamine the success of a program

Conference Session

ETD Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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B. Sridhara

Session 1547 Undergraduate Research Program in the Basic and Applied Sciences at Middle Tennessee State University B. S. Sridhara Middle Tennessee State UniversityAbstract The college of Basic and Applied Sciences at Middle Tennessee State University(MTSU) has ten departments including Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, EngineeringTechnology and Industrial Studies, Mathematics, and Physics and Astronomy. In the fall of1993, our college dean initiated the Basic and Applied Sciences undergraduate research programat MTSU. The author

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Anna Dollar; Paul Steif

Session 1793 INTEGRATING EFFECTIVE GENERAL CLASSROOM TECHNIQUES WITH DOMAIN-SPECIFIC CONCEPTUAL NEEDS Paul S. Steif, Anna Dollár Department of Mechanical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 / Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Department Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056IntroductionInstructors are increasingly made aware of techniques that can be of benefit to their student’slearning. These include: having students play an active role in their own learning1-3, allowingstudents to

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Environmental Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wafeek Wahby

elevation at 632 ft (189 m) and a maximumheight of 620 ft (185 m).The spillway dam, located in the middle of the river course, is 0.3 mile (483 m) long intotal, where there are 23 bottom outlets and 22 surface sluice gates. The dimensions ofthe bottom outlets are 23 x 30 ft (7 x 9 m), with the elevation of the inlets at 300 ft (90m). The net width of the surface sluice gates is 27 ft (8 m), with its sill elevation at 525 ft(158 m).On both sides of the spillway dam section, there are the intake-dam and non-overflowdam sections. With a maximum discharge capacity of 102,500 m3/s (at the pool level 600ft - 180.4m), the project is able to discharge the possible maximum flood (PMF).2. Power StationsTwo powerhouses are placed at the toe of the dam, one to

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Pack; Kenneth Soda

networks is based on the belief that humansmake better decisions than machines due to our abilities to process information in parallel.By treating a large amount of data while extracting and processing relevant contextualdata from diverse source simultaneously, we are believed to fuse the necessaryinformation to arrive at fairly sophisticated decisions.The idea of parallel distributed processing models received significant attention whenMinsky showed a number of applications of connected networks called perceptrons1 in Page 9.1096.11 M. Minsky and S. Papert, Perceptrons, The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1969.Proceedings of the 2004 American Society

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Vijay Rajappa; Steve Watkins; Ray Luechtefeld

Experience with Industry-Sponsored Multidisciplinary Team Projects,”Proceedings of the ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education ‘96, 19966. Loehr Linda, “Between Silence and Voice: Communicating in Cross-Functional Project Teams,” IEEE Trans.Prof. Commun., vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 51-56, 1991.7. Fornaro Robert J., Margaret R. Heil, and Steven W. Peretti, “Enhancing Technical Communication Skillsof Engineering Students: An Experiment in Multidisciplinary Design,” Proceedings of the ASEE/IEEE Frontiersin Education ‘01, 2001.8. Bhavnani, Sushil H. and M. Dayne Aldridge, “Teamwork across Disciplinary Borders: A bridge between Collegeand the Work Place”, Journal of Engineering Education, January 2000, pp 13 – 16.9. Watkins, S. E. and Hall, R. H., “Smart Materials and

Conference Session

Industry-Based Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Pramodh Viswanathan; Molu Olumolade

2 s= (2) n −1The design layout involved the use of the sample mean in equation 1 and sample standarddeviation, equation 2. The mean and standard deviation were determined for each of thevariables height, grips and reaches. Other variables included in the design are the weight andbody surface area. The weight and body surface area were used respectively to determine thetype of flooring and clearances at the workstation.A sample of 13 workers was used and some of the data collected is shown in table 1. Reach isdetermined by the farthest distance the operator can reach with only about 20o of bending (seeFigure 4) while standing comfortably in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeff Frolik

which the curriculum enhancements were based, thedevelopment of two new instructional laboratory benches and the adaptation of laboratoryassignments to enhance the new curriculum. UVM’s ECE program is relatively small (~100undergraduates) and thus the presented approach may serve a model for similarly sizeddepartments.Curriculum Development Prior to this project’s inception, UVM’s offering of undergraduate telecommunicationcourses was limited to a junior-level Intro to Communication Systems course and a self-studylaboratory course (Senior Lab II) based on Feedback Instruments Ltd.’s computer based trainingequipment 1. Beginning in Fall 2002, the telecommunication curriculum was restructured due tothe hiring of the author whose background

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mesut Muslu

profile in asmall power distribution system with a three phase ideal source, a transformer, two feeders,and three loads. The radial power distribution system was given as: 3 1 2 Feeder 1 M r. M ill's Load # 1 M s . C h ip 's Load D is t rib u t io n T h re e p h a s e T ra n s fo r m e r id e a l s o u r c e

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Virtual and Distance Experimentation

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mazen Manasseh; Kevin Amaratunga; Eduardo Kausel

Session 2426 A Web-accessible Shaking Table Experiment for the Remote Monitoring of Seismic Effects in Structures Mazen Manasseh, Eduardo Kausel, Kevin Amaratunga Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology Abstract A remotely accessible system for controlling shake table laboratory experiments is presented. The Shake Table WebLab at MIT s Civil Engineering Department is implemented under the iLab initiative for the development of educationally oriented remote experiments. The fully functional system allows

Conference Session

Student Teams & Active Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Bannerot

Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education All Students "good" Team Players "poor" Team Players So So Sr Sr So So Sr Sr So So Sr Sr f 02 s 03 f 02 s 03 f 02 s 03 f 02 s 03 f 02 s 03 f 02 s 03 N 48 36 44 86 214 16 13 13 22 64 12 10 6 15 43 n n n n n % n n n n n % n n n n n % Ethicity Caucasian 23 14 11 21 69 32 8 9 5 6 28 44 3 2 1 2 8 19 Hispanic 14 8 11 27 60 28 5 3

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Byron Newberry; James Farison

campus, orwere there other engineering programs on campus when it started? If the latter, why was theEngineering program started?B2. What was the number of graduates during calendar 2003 from this program?B3. In recent years, is the number of graduates from this program relatively stable, or is itgenerally increasing or generally decreasing (and, if so, by roughly how much)? How does thiscompare with the other engineering programs on your campus?B4. Compared to the other engineering program(s) on your campus, does this program haveabout the same, higher, or lower admission requirements? What is/are the primary reason(s) forany difference(s)?B5. Is the average entering student in your program generally considered about the same, morehighly or

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell; Joseph Cecere

Session 2649 Innovative Curriculum Development – Partnering with an Industry Advisory Board to Evolve the Educational Process David S. Cottrell, Joseph J. Cecere Pennsylvania State University at HarrisburgIntroduction This paper documents an ongoing process involving a comprehensive revision ofthe curriculum of the Structural Design and Construction Engineering Technology(SDCET) Program at the Pennsylvania State University. These curriculum innovationstestify to the school’s dedication to continuous assessment, self-evaluation, andimplementation of deliberate process improvements developed

Conference Session

Entrepreneurial/Innovative Communication

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2004 Annual Conference

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Roxanne Spray; Lori Donath; Nancy Thompson; Theresa McGarry; Elisabeth Alford

Session Number : 3561 Linguistic Evidence of Cognitive Distr ibution: Quantifying Lear ning Among Under gr aduate Resear cher s in Engineer ing L. Donath, R. Spr ay, E. Alfor d T. McGar r y and N. Thompson Univer sity of South Car olinaAbstractThe Research Communication Studio at the University of South Carolina nurtures undergraduatelearning in engineering through guided interaction among student peers, near-peer graduatementors, and faculty members. The RCS bases its pedagogical approach on Dorothy Winsor’sconcept of thought and knowledge as a network distributed among members

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Sanders; Ken Morrison

organizations havelearned to be extra careful on the promises made by their selected improvement philosophy.They have decided to invest more on sustainability of improvement and longevity of benefitsto their stakeholders, primarily their customers and employees. As a result, improvementinitiatives that offer comprehensive and fundamental cultural and structural changes are moreand more preferred by business leaders. Two of most widely accepted and commonlyimplemented improvement philosophies during the recent years are Lean Production Systems(LPS) and Six Sigma among the US industries. Although the name has been changed toreflect the organization’s individuality, the principle s of LPS, pioneered by ToyotaCorporation as Toyota Production System (TPS

Conference Session

Innovations in Nuclear Education I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerome Davis; Roman Stemprok; Charles Bittle; Mitty Plummer

the currentlevel in the mid 40’s. Initially, it seemed as though other possible participants were holding backto see what happened to the first graduates. As the years went by, two women entered theprogram and one received a UNT degree. The other chose to complete her degree in anotherprogram. Both still work at the power plant.V. Instructor Profiles.The program started with one director and a part time instructor from the physics department.After two years, the director left and a new director, who had a PhD in Nuclear Engineering washired. Several instructors were hired from the plant staff for teaching evening courses. Each ofthese instructors has a master’s degree in his or her technical specialty and the majority meet theTechnology

Conference Session

ECE Capstone and Engineering Practice

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Baladi; P. David Fisher

intellectual property, etc. We answerthese questions in the sub-sections that follow by first providing a generic model for anembedded computer. We then use this model to define the concept of an embedded system.Model of an Embedded ComputerFrom an abstract perspective, we view the embedded computer as a basic system building block(see Fig. 1). Our embedded-computer model incorporates the following importantphysical/logical attributes. Input—I(k) Embedded Computer Output—O(k) Clock—C(k) State—S(k) Page

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Academic Standards and Academic Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

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Hamid Eydgahi; Bob Lahidji

Power Process Leadership Choice Principle-Centered Utility Coercive Power Power Power Honor Fairness Fear Sustained Proactive Functional Reactive Temporary Reactive Influence Influence Control From: Cover, S. R. (1992). Principle-Centered Leadership; P. 106.Easter Michigan University is a comprehensive university committed to excellence in teachingthrough

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Nix

easily applied to problem solving inthe U. S. Army. All cadets are required to take two or more courses in InformationTechnology and/or Computer Science. At a minimum, a cadet can take two classes inInformation Technology which teach basic problem solving as part of their curriculum.Additionally, some students select a three course engineering sequence in computerscience which further develops their problem solving skills. Finally, those cadets whomajor in computer science are exposed to advanced methodologies such as an object-oriented approach to problem solving. This paper examines the approach to teachingproblem solving within the introductory core information technology course (IT105) andthe first course of the Computer Science major (CS301

Conference Session

Advances in Civil Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Justine Stiles; Ashly Middelberg; Farhad Reza; Subhi Bazlamit

Session # 1515 Intr oducing Resear ch into Under gr aduate Honor s Pr ogr am Subhi M. Bazlamit, Far had Reza, Ashley Middelber g and J ustin Stiles Ohio Nor ther n Univer sity, Ada, OH 45810Abstr actMost colleges and universities have some sort of system in place for recognizing theaccomplishments of highly qualified and motivated students who have achieved academicexcellence. One example of such a system is an established honors program. The honorsprogram at Ohio Northern University strives to stimulate highly qualified students in any field ofstudy who are capable of meeting academic challenges and

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Sluss

Section #1432 A Graduate Degree Program in Telecommunications Systems Engineering J. J. Sluss, Jr., G. E. Crain, S. V. Kartalopoulos, H. H. Refai, and P. K. Verma School of Electrical & Computer Engineering Telecommunications Systems Program University of Oklahoma – Tulsa1. IntroductionThe education of students in the area of telecommunications systems engineering is of risingsignificance as global economies become ever more reliant upon telecommunicationstechnologies and services. Notwithstanding its broad-based origins from within electricalengineering

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Asad Azemi

that there is little opportunity left tolearn about computation.II. Current practiceThe introductory computer-programming course for engineers, which was once dominated byFORTRAN for several decades, was gradually changed to C and later to C++ during the late1980’s and early 1990’s. Currently most universities require only one computer-programming Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 9.1381.1 Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationcourse for their engineering students (excluding computer engineering and computer science

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Educational Research Initiatives at NSF

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicole DeJong Okamoto

describe the barrier(s) being overcome, the steps thatwill be taken to overcome those barriers, and the evaluation methods, as well as the long-termcurricular goals of the project. A variety of exemplary STEM materials should be examined andevaluated, and suggestions for implementation should be made. These projects should involveinput from both faculty and students. The proposals should not come from an individual butrather a group working together to conquer the problem identified. As with the first type ofproject, the materials and practices of other institutions that are to be evaluated should beidentified, and how they will help meet the goals of the project should be clearly discussed.Expected funding levels are up to $75,000.The program

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Engineering Education: An International Perspective

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mulchand Rathod

Session 3560 ORGANIZING THE FIRST EVER CONVENTION OF ALUMNI OF SARDAR PATEL UNIVERSITY OF INDIA IN THE USA Mulchand S. Rathod, PhD, PE Division of Engineering Technology College of Engineering Wayne State University Detroit, MI 48202 SUMMARY During the summer of 2003, a group of alumni of Sardar Patel University (SPU), named after the first deputy prime minister of India, convened a team to organize the first ever alumni convention of SPU in the USA. This paper